Probuzeni se vzpomínkou: inkubace v kultu Asklépia a její vliv na fungování paměti

Title:

Probuzeni se vzpomínkou: inkubace v kultu Asklépia a její vliv na fungování paměti
Awakened with a memory: incubation in the cult of Asclepius and its role in the memory consolidation process

Creator:

Glomb, Tomáš

Identifier:

https://hdl.handle.net/11222.digilib/135688

Subject:

Asclepius, incubation ritual, abaton, iamata, cognitive sciences, neuroscience, affective expectations, extended cognition, epidemiology of representations, cultural transmission, sleep, emotions, consolidation of memory, long lasting memories, and Study of Religions

Type:

Article

Format:

text/pdf

Description:

This article tries to reveal factors which could have contributed to the successful spread of the ancient cult of the Greek god of medicine Asclepius but are difficult to grasp by traditional historiographical methods. More specifically, this article analyses which processes within the human body and mind could be advantageous for the spread of mental representations connected with the cult of Asclepius using the theoretical framework of cognitive sciences (especially Dan Sperber's epidemiology of representations and Andy Clark's concept of extended cognition). The major ritual of the cult of Asclepius is known as incubation. Patients, who visited the god's sanctuaries as supplicants, spent a night in the inner sanctuary (abaton) and it was expected that Asclepius would appear in their dreams performing an immediate cure or giving remedies for their recovery. Also, the temples of Asclepius featured iconographical artifacts (e.g. inscriptions about healing miracles) that could trigger emotional reactions and expectations about the ritual. Results from neurobiological experiments suggest that emotional arousal in combination with subsequent sleep could lead to a vivid and long lasting memory of the previous event. These memories could be therefore prioritized in the person's memory and thus be more suitable for cultural transmission than others.

Language:

Czech

Rights:

unknown

Relation:

https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/handle/11222.digilib/124610
https://digilib.phil.muni.cz/en/_flysystem/fedora/pdf/135688.pdf

Harvested from:

Digital Library of Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University

Metadata only:

false

Date:

2016